Firearms Factory Tours Extension

Class Code:

E425a

Subject Area:

E - Firearms and Impression Evidence Program

Class Location:

Various

Class Description:

This supplements the approximately twelve day long journey which provides tours of a series of firearms related manufactories in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Students observe current manufacturing processes. Emphasis is placed on processes that create forensically significant tool surfaces. A maximum of twelve students can be accommodated. THIS CLASS IS AVAILABLE FOR BFS FIREARMS ACADEMY STUDENTS ONLY. Not POST Certified at this time.

Instructor:

Mike Giusto & Torrey Johnson, California Criminalistics Institute

Teaching Methods:

Tours, documentation with notes and photography, discussion, and preparation of a presentation of findings.

Objectives:

Students will learn some currently used manufacturing methods of forensically significant tool surfaces. Students will be able to determine the uniqueness of various manufactured surfaces.